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<h1 class="reader-title">Why is Cuba’s Vaccine Named ‘Abdala’?</h1>
June 26, 2021</div>
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<p>On June 21, Cuban scientists announced that COVID-19
vaccine candidate ‘Abdala’ had demonstrated an <a
href="https://kawsachunnews.com/cubas-abdala-vaccine-is-92-effective"
target="_blank" rel="noopener">efficacy rate of 92.28%</a> with
three doses, making it one of the most effective
vaccines in the world. Abdala will be the country’s
second vaccine, the <a
href="https://kawsachunnews.com/cuba-scores-major-socialist-victory-with-soberana-02"
target="_blank" rel="noopener">first </a>being
Soberana 02. The two jabs represent the only COVID-19
vaccines of Latin American origin, a product of the
country’s socialist biotech industry.</p>
<p>The name Abdala comes from one of Cuba’s most famous
poems, written by independence hero José Martí when he
was just 15 years old. It was published on the 23rd of
January, 1869, in the <em>Patria Libre</em> newspaper.</p>
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<p>It tells the story of a young man, Abdala, who can see
no greater glory than fighting and dying for the
liberation of one’s country against an oppressive
invader. Even pleas from his mother cannot stop the
young hero from sacrificing himself for the cause of his
people. It’s most famous passage goes:</p>
<p>“Mother, love of the homeland</p>
<p>is not a ridiculous love of its earth,</p>
<p>nor of the grass that our plants tread;</p>
<p>it is the invincible hatred of those who oppress her,</p>
<p>it is the eternal resentment of those who attack her.</p>
<p>That love awakens in our chest</p>
<p>the world of memories that call us</p>
<p>to life again, when the blood,</p>
<p>of the wounded soul gushes forth with anguish.”</p>
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<p>It’s widely considered a prophetic piece for how Martí
himself would go on to live his life. Martí dedicated
himself to fight for Cuba’s independence, writing to his
mother in 1894, he said, “My future is that of the light
of the white coal that burns itself to illuminate that
which surrounds it. I feel that my struggles will never
end.”</p>
<p>Read the complete poem <a
href="http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/abdala--0/html/fef77c2c-82b1-11df-acc7-002185ce6064_1.htm"
target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p>
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